Year-End Lists

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2011 Music

Sonic: Best Albums of 2011

29 November 2011

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

Sonic Magazine: Best Albums of 2011 [staff lists]

[see also 2012]

  1. Let England Shake
    PJ Harvey
  2. The Harrow & The Harvest
    Gillian Welch
  3. Circuital
    My Morning Jacket
  4. So Beautiful or So What
    Paul Simon
  5. Wounded Rhymes
    Lykke Li
  6. James Blake
    James Blake
  7. Helplessness Blues
    Fleet Foxes
  8. Ashes & Fire
    Ryan Adams
  9. Tassili
    Tinariwen
  10. Metals
    Feist
  11. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
  12. House of Balloons
    The Weeknd
  13. Black Up
    Shabazz Palaces
  14. The Whole Love
    Wilco
  15. Nostalgia, Ultra
    Frank Ocean
  16. Believers
    A.A. Bondy
  17. Smoke Ring for My Halo
    Kurt Vile
  18. 21
    Adele
  19. Ravedeath, 1972
    Tim Hecker
  20. Goblin
    Tyler, The Creator
  21. Islands & Shores
    Deportees
  22. Dedication
    Zomby
  23. För evigt
    Ison & Fille
  24. Holy Ghost!
    Holy Ghost!
  25. Klagomuren
    Jonathan Johansson

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